Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

The women's 100 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July 1976.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:05.00	Q
2			1:05.56	Q
3			1:05.64	Q
4			1:06.59
5			1:07.62
6			1:11.14

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:03.28	Q
2			1:06.22	Q
3			1:06.27
4			1:07.28
5			1:08.08
6			1:11.62
7			1:19.15

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:04.34	Q
2			1:04.69	Q
3			1:06.33
4			1:06.44
5			1:06.66
6			1:10.27
7			1:14.66

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:04.34	Q
2			1:04.98	Q
3			1:05.39	Q
4			1:06.19	Q
5			1:06.73
6			1:08.31
7			1:11.53

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:03.61	Q
2			1:04.31	Q
3			1:05.56	Q
4			1:05.78	Q
5			1:06.20	Q
6			1:07.73
7			1:12.73

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:02.39	Q
2			1:04.21	Q
3			1:04.89	Q
4			1:05.73
5			1:06.01
6			1:06.02
7			1:06.29
8			1:06.93

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:03.75	Q
2			1:03.94	Q
3			1:04.17	Q
4			1:05.21	Q
5			1:05.23	Q
6			1:05.58
7			1:06.26
8			1:06.46

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:01.83	OR
			1:03.41
			1:03.71
4			1:03.93
5			1:05.16
6			1:05.19
7			1:05.30
8			1:05.53

External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165339/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 December 2016 . Sports Reference.